The Rorschach Inkblot Test That Is Brigette DuPape
Looking at her protest stop sign, my opinion is......it's not bilingual so it's a slight to Quebec.Just kidding!Alrighty. What should we make of this young woman busting out a "Stop…
2011
Sneaky
Updated (Sunday a.m.) below. File under things that might have been inflammatory during a federal election that are now being rolled out and are objectionable. The Canadian military is in…
Mintz is Right on “Small” Business Tax
One of my main undertakings on this blog has been to debunk Jack Mintz’s relentless advocacy of tax cuts for large corporations. However, I also give him credit when he…
Dizzy Miss Lizzy Now Just Part of The Establishment Woodwork, Along With Senator Porky Puffy Duffy
Various reactions to the highlights of the throne speech show in the form of ex-senate page’s Brigitte Depape’s protest in the middle of the floor, flashing her “Stop Harper” sign…
Reitmeier and Sturrup Updates
Information on the blog has been used by a number of media outlets, including this CBC Calgary story (they do however continue making the mistake of stating the ARA is…
Post C40 Summit Cities Need to "Go Big or Go Home" on Climate Policy
[I've got a new piece running over at The Mark News. The latest Clinton C40 urban climate summit just wrapped up in Brazil, and as always there's been a flood…
Antonia Zerbisias wonders about the hypocrisy of the right over Brigette DePape
As one would expect, the right is seething at DePape's stand, calling her an 'ignorant child' and a lot worse. Antonia sets the whiny prigs straight:
Life in the Senate
One of our favourite Senators, Senator Elaine McCoy, is back in the blogosphere after a bit of an absence from her blog, Hullabaloos. Back with some wit on display yesterday…
First Public Meeting of the Executive of the SPO
Join us for the first Executive meeting of the Socialist Party of Ontario.Bloor Gladstone Branch Public Library1101 Bloor St. W.Toronto, Ontario Sunday, June 26th 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.All members of the…
Photo Challenge 20 – Nostalgia
If there’s one thing I will not be, it’s nostalgic over this challenge. This will go down as one that “seemed like a good idea at the time” but in…
How does a Hague Convention claim for the return of a child to her country of origin, when the child had been accepted in Canada as a Convention refugee, apply (especially in the context of parental abuse)?
A.M.R.I. v. K.E.R., 2011 ONCA 417 raises the important question of the rights of affected parties on an application under the Hague Convention for the return of a child to…
That ‘disrespectful’ Brigette sparks the wrath of Ottawa’s Villagers
Really, it's just so awkward when the lower orders forget their rightful station in the order of things. The harrumphing, glaring and disdainful sniffing from the self-appointed members of Ottawa's…
Finally a Conservative gets it!
“Contempt of Parliament.” Oh....
Would an NDP Government become an outlaw government? The chances are high
Jack Layton campaigned as a future prime minister, and won a resounding victory over the waffling Liberals and do-nothing Bloc, sweeping into Official Opposition party status. Jack Layton - the…
The World According to Palin
Everything you need to know about the outrageous fakery and stunning ignorance of Sarah Palin is neatly summarized in her version of Paul Revere’s so-called “Midnight Ride” delivered on her…
3826…My Fave Restaurant Has Died
Infill killed my face restaurant, the KFC, K Fried, on Wellington Street in Hintonburgh, Ottawa.The place had been serving buckets and boxes of great and grease laden goodness since the…
Some Saturday Fun
Even climate hawks take a day off now and then, so that’s what I’m doing today.If you’re in need of some lightheartedness, too, check out this video of a cat…
Scheer Success
Andrew Scheer has been elected House of Commons Speaker. I met him in 2004, when we were federal candidates in adjacent Regina ridings. I was the no-shot NDP candidate against…